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MINOR AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS
TO THE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACT

95-1

HEARING

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY,
AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

85-8080

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS

Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor
CARL D. PERKINS, Chairman

STANFORD

STANFORD
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UNIVERSITY

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DEPARTMENT

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR

CARL D. PERKINS, Kentucky, Chairman

SUBCOMMITTEE ON ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY, AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

CARL D. PERKINS, Kentucky, Chairman

CONTENTS

Hearing held in Washington D.C., February 17, 1977.

Text of H.R. 3437__

Statement of:

Burkett, Lowell A., executive director, American Vocational Associa-

tion, accompanied by Daniel Dunham, State director, Division of

Vocational-Technical Education, Maryland State Department of

Education and George Quarles, chief administrator, Office of Career

Education, Board of Education, New York.

Prepared statements, letters, supplemental material, et cetera:

Bowen, Hon. David R., a Representative in Congress from the State

of Mississippi, letter to Chairman Perkins, dated February 17, 1977,

with enclosures..

Briggs, Paul W., superintendent, Cleveland Public Schools, Cleveland,

Ohio, letter to Chairman Perkins, dated February 16, 1977 – –

Burke, Fred G., commissioner, State of New Jersey, Department of

Education, Trenton, N.J. letter to Chairman Perkins, dated

February 22, 1977-

Burkett, Lowell A., executive director, American Vocational Associa-

tion:

Letter to Chairman Perkins, dated March 14, 1977.

Prepared statement of__

Carney, Hon. Charles J., a Representative in Congress from the State

of Ohio, letter to Chairman Perkins, dated March 2, 1977, with

enclosure.

Cederberg, Hon. Elford "Al", a Representative in Congress from the

State of Michigan, letter to Chairman Perkins, dated February 10

1977, with enclosure.

Cohen, Hon. William S. a Representative in Congress from the State

of Maine, letter to Chairman Perkins, dated February 10, 1977,

with enclosure..

Cornell, Hon. Robert J., a Representative in Congress from the State

of Wisconsin, letter to Chairman Perkins, dated February 22, 1977,

with enclosure..

Custer, Herbert F., Jr., vocational coordinator Martha's Vineyard

Regional High School District, Oak Bluffs, Mass., letter to Hon.

Gerry Studds, dated January 25, 1977-

Duncan, Verne A., superintendent of public instruction, Salem, Oreg.,

letter to Hon. Al Ullman, dated February 10, 1977.

Dunham, Daniel B., assistant state superintendent, Vocational-

Technical Education, Maryland State Department of Education,

Baltimore, Md., letter to Chairman Perkins, dated February 23,

1977, with enclosure__.

Ford, Hon. William D., a Representative in Congress from the State

of Michigan, letter to Chairman Perkins, dated February 11, 1977,

with enclosures_

Green, Charles H., chief division of Post-Secondary Education, State

of New Hampshire, Department of Education, Concord, N.H.,

letter to John F. Jennings, dated January 31, 1977..

Hargraves, George, superintendent, Jefferson County Joint Voca-

tional High School, Bloomingdale, Ohio, letter to Chairman Perkins,

dated March 1, 1977-

Harsha, Hon. William H., a Representative in Congress from the

State of Ohio, letter to Chairman Perkins, dated March 2, 1977--

Hunter, Thomas L., associate, guidance services, Cincinnati Public

Schools, Education Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, letter to Chairman

Perkins, dated February 17, 1977----

Latta, Hon. Delbert L., a Representative in Congress from the State

of Ohio, letter to Chairman Perkins, dated February 28, 1977, with

enclosures-

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Prepared statements, letters, supplemental material-Continued
Lucas, William L., chairman, Federal legislation and finance com-
mittee, ACSA Committee, letter to Chairman Perkins, dated
March 4, 1977, with enclosure_.

Lucas, William L., Los Angeles City Board of Education, Los Angeles,
Calif., letter to Hon. Albert H. Quie, dated February 15, 1977_
National Education Association, etc., prepared statement of
Percentage of Federal funds the States use for State and local admin-
istration in vocational education (tables) -

Quarles, George R., chief administrator, Center for Career and
Occupational Education, Board of Education of the city of New
York, prepared statement of____.

Reynolds, Donald F., director, Career Education Services Unit, Los
Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles, Calif., letter to Chair-
man Perkins, dated March 2, 1977...

Robinson, James L., director, Office of Government Liaison, U.S.
Catholic Conference, Washington, D.C., letter to Chairman Perkins,
dated February 15, 1977..

Shepherd, Susan J., director, Vocational Education and Career De-
velopment, Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District,
Charlevoix, Mich., letter to Hon. Philip E. Ruppe, dated Febru-
ary 4, 1977..
Snyder, Wilbur M., administrator for vocational education, director
of Clover Park Voc-Tech. Institute, Education Center, Lakewood
Center, Wash., letter to Chairman Perkins, dated February 18,
1977..

Stanton, Hon. William, a Representative in Congress from the State of Ohio, letter to Chairman Perkins, dated February 25, 1977, with enclosure.

Steed, Hon. Tom, a Representative in Congress from the State of Oklahoma, letter to Chairman Perkins, dated January 24, 1977, with enclosure__.

Steiger, Hon. William A., a Representative in Congress from the State of Wisconsin, letter to Chairman Perkins, dated February 16, 1977, with enclosure..

Strout, Dr. George, acting director, New Hampshire VocationalTechnical College, Portsmouth, N.H., letter to John F. Jennings, dated February 7, 1977...

Vanik, Hon. Charles A., a Representative in Congress from the State of Ohio, letter to Chairman Perkins, dated February 24, 1977, with enclosures__

Whalen, Hon. Charles E., Jr., a Representative in Congress from the
State of Ohio, letter to Chairman Perkins, dated February 22, 1977,
with enclosures__

Wigtil, James V., Columbus, Ohio, letter to Chairman Perkins, dated
February 15, 1977.

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1977

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

SUBCOMMITTEE ON ELEMENTARY,
SECONDARY AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR,

Washington, D.C.

The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 9 a.m. in room 2175, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Carl D. Perkins (chairman of the committee) presiding.

Members present: Representatives Perkins, Murphy, LeFante, Kildee, Miller, and Goodling.

Staff present: John F. Jennings, majority counsel; and Charles Radcliffe, minority counsel.

[Text of H.R. 3437 follows:]

[H.R. 3437, 95th Cong., 1st sess.]

A BILL To make certain technical and miscellaneous amendments to provisions relating to vocational education contained in the Education Amendments of 1976

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Vocational Education Act of 1963 is amended as follows:

(1) Section 102(a) (as in effect on October 1, 1977) of the Vocational Education Act of 1963 is amended by striking out "$1,325,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$1,325,000,000", and by striking out $1,485,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$1,485,000,000".

(2) Section 102 (d) (4) (as in effect on October 1, 1977) of such Act is amended by inserting "and" after paragraph (2) and by striking out "; and, (4) State administration of vocational education programs assisted under this Act".

(3) Section 103 (a) (1) (A) (as in effect on October 12, 1976, pursuant to section 204 (a) (2) (B) of the Education Amendments of 1976) of such Act is amended by inserting "(b) (1)” immediately after "161".

(4) Section 103(a) (1) (B) (iii) (as in effect on October 1, 1977) of such Act is amended by striking out the last sentence and inserting in lieu thereof: "The Bureau of Indian Affairs shall expend an amount equal to the amount made available under this subparagraph to pay a part of the costs of programs funded under this subparagraph. The Commissioner and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall jointly prepare a plan for the expenditure of funds made available and for the evaluation of programs assisted under this subparagraph”.

(5) Section 105(a) (20) (as in effect on October 1, 1977) of such Act is amended by striking out "clauses of this paragraph" and inserting in líeu thereof "clauses of this sentence".

(6) (A) The first sentence of section 105 (f) (1) of such Act is amended by striking out "$8,000,000 for fiscal year 1982" and by inserting in lieu thereof "$10,000,000 for fiscal year 1982".

(1)